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Post-Break Odds and Ends

Mo Williams on his rookie season:
“I learned what it takes to win, playing for the best coach I’ve ever played for, Jerry Sloan. He really drives you to be the best you can be. Whatever that is, he makes you reach your peak. One thing about Jerry Sloan, he gets the best out of his players.” [source]

Frankenstein’s Basketball School for Zombies

So Terry Porter is apparently out of luck a job, marking the 227th coaching change since Jerry took over in Utah (there should really be some clever acronym for that since it’ll no doubt be repeated countless more times in the future). This season’s casualties (if a lazy Google search result is to be trusted) so far: